The week after my last blog was great. The weather was hot and sunny. My husband was on holiday but the kids were at school so we spent out time chopping logs that have been sitting around over a year, collecting some new logs, weeding beds and planting out some plants that have over wintered outside in their pots when they should have been in the ground.We also repaired the greenhouse after the winter storms and moved all the seedlings from the conservatory.
Overall we moved things on significantly, and tidied up both the garden and many nearly finished jobs. In between we finished preparing our caravan as part exchange for the new camper.The weekend before Easter we headed down to Catterick and handed over our 26foot caravan and towed away our 5m folding camper. We spent one night in it near by so we could go back with teething problems the following day, then we headed home to fully pack and head off to Haggerston Castle.Haggerston Castle is a caravan holiday park, not my first choice of holiday and not one I would previously have described as Eco. However, my opinion has changed. Yes it is huge with several hundred static caravans on site and a large touring site. Yes it has a central complex with more games machines than I have ever seen, but it is in the UK, all facilities are on site and within walking distance. People arrive generally by car, with more than one occupant, depending on where you start this is a relatively carbon lite holiday.Was it good? My nine year old son thought it was the best, It is certainly aimed at the younger kids. My 12 year old daughter very much enjoyed. It but wasn't as well catered for. There are opportunities to try many new skills, swimming, cycling, archery, climbing to name but a few. There is a full programme of activities for kids,though they need to be paid for. As parents we enjoyed our kids having fun, the ability to walk the dogs miles on site, the Spar on site and the peace at night. Most people were either in the entertainment complex or in bed at night so there was little noise. Our only real gripe is that it was a race for the hot water for showers in a morning.The camper was a real success. It fitted all six of us (two large dogs included). It's design means we are all in a central area not polarised to each end and so had a true family holiday.We are now back to reality. My husband is back at work and we are tidying up post holiday. Unfortunately,my seedlings were over watered while we were away and all died bar one tomato plant so we have restarted,two months growing lost. The bees are active,I've pruned the gooseberries the rabbits are now on fresh food and there is a real feeling of Spring, apart from the snow yesterday. This is Scotland after all!
Overall we moved things on significantly, and tidied up both the garden and many nearly finished jobs. In between we finished preparing our caravan as part exchange for the new camper.The weekend before Easter we headed down to Catterick and handed over our 26foot caravan and towed away our 5m folding camper. We spent one night in it near by so we could go back with teething problems the following day, then we headed home to fully pack and head off to Haggerston Castle.Haggerston Castle is a caravan holiday park, not my first choice of holiday and not one I would previously have described as Eco. However, my opinion has changed. Yes it is huge with several hundred static caravans on site and a large touring site. Yes it has a central complex with more games machines than I have ever seen, but it is in the UK, all facilities are on site and within walking distance. People arrive generally by car, with more than one occupant, depending on where you start this is a relatively carbon lite holiday.Was it good? My nine year old son thought it was the best, It is certainly aimed at the younger kids. My 12 year old daughter very much enjoyed. It but wasn't as well catered for. There are opportunities to try many new skills, swimming, cycling, archery, climbing to name but a few. There is a full programme of activities for kids,though they need to be paid for. As parents we enjoyed our kids having fun, the ability to walk the dogs miles on site, the Spar on site and the peace at night. Most people were either in the entertainment complex or in bed at night so there was little noise. Our only real gripe is that it was a race for the hot water for showers in a morning.The camper was a real success. It fitted all six of us (two large dogs included). It's design means we are all in a central area not polarised to each end and so had a true family holiday.We are now back to reality. My husband is back at work and we are tidying up post holiday. Unfortunately,my seedlings were over watered while we were away and all died bar one tomato plant so we have restarted,two months growing lost. The bees are active,I've pruned the gooseberries the rabbits are now on fresh food and there is a real feeling of Spring, apart from the snow yesterday. This is Scotland after all!
RSS Feed
